Mon, 10 Dec, 2007 News Today Bureau PMK founder Dr S Ramadoss on Monday charged there were undeclared power cuts in Tamilnadu engulfing parts of the state in darkness. Further, he urged the Chief Minister to pull up the Electricity Minister Arcot N Veerasami for not owning responsibility for the power crisis. Talking […]
8 December 2007 Staff Reporter The Hindu METTUR: Nine persons swooned following a gas leakage from a chemical plant here on Friday morning. The police said all of them were admitted to the Mettur District Headquarters hospital, of whom, two were discharged immediately after first aid. Hospital sources said that the condition of […]
December 7, 2007 The Hindu Salem (PTI): Five persons were hospitalised and a number of others fell sick, complaining of nausea and eye irritation after chlorine gas leaked from a caustic soda plant at Rettaipuliyamaruthur near Mettur dam on Friday, police said. Hospital authorities in Mettur near here confirmed that five persons were admitted […]
PRESS RELEASE Download this release in Adobe pdf format 7 December, 2007, CHENNAI – A major leak of chlorine gas from Chemplast Sanmar’s chloralkali plant in Mettur caused panic among workers and general public in the main road opposite the factory gate. According to Tamilnadu Pollution Control Board, the chlorine gas leak was caused […]
6 December 2007 Staff Reporter The Hindu CHENNAI: For the second consecutive day on Wednesday, residents of north Chennai and other parts of the city complained of irritation in the eyes and a choking sensation due to inhalation of an acrid-smelling gas. As the news spread, many educational institutions declared a holiday as a precautionary […]
PRESS RELEASE 6 December, 2007, CHENNAI – The gases that leaked on 4-5 December reportedly from CPCL are likely to be poisonous hydrocarbons with serious long-term implications on health, according to Community Environmental Monitoring, a Chennai-based voluntary organization if reports about the source of emissions are true. Refinery gases are typically known to contain highly […]
Cuddalore, 1 December 2007: A group of concerned people, institutional heads, religious leaders, young innovators, fisher folk, advocates and members of community organisation and community support groups monitoring pollution levels in SIPCOT near Cuddalore met on November 30th, 2007 in Cuddalore to discuss some of the burning problems faced by the citizens of Cuddalore. […]